Hallie Biden describes drug use at Hunter Biden;s trial

By: Sarah D. Wire
Xerxes Wilson
Swapne Venugppal Ramaswamy
Bart Jansen
and Rachel Barber
USA today

WILMINGTON Delaware - In a moment of panic, Hallie Biden - the widow of President Joe Biden's oldest son, Beau - tossed Hunter Biden's gun in a trashcan in October 2018, she told jurors in gripping testimony.
..... That gun, purchased after Hunter Biden marked 'no' on a form meant to screen gun buyers for drug addiction, is the heart of the federal felony case.
..... Hallie Biden became romantically involved with her late husband's brother in 2016. the now-president and first lady said in 2017 the two were "putting their lives together again after such sadness."
..... But sadness continued for Hallie Biden. Hunter Biden introduced her to crank, she said.
..... On Thursday, [06/06/2024] she described here anguish trying to track him down in the days after the gun purchase, with him texting he was waiting to meet a dealer and smoking crack on a car. those texts are important because defense attorneys have sought to argue that Hunter Biden was not using drugs during the period in which he purchased the gun.
..... She was granted immunity for her own drug use in exchange for her testimony.
..... When Hallie Biden first found pieces of her boyfriend's crack cocaine, :I googled it because i didn't know what it was," she told the jury. He frequently also drank, she said.
..... He was suing crack when she visited him in California in June 2018,she testified. Prodded by prosecutors, she told the jury that by then, she also had begun using.
..... "It was a terrible experience that I went through, and I am embarrassed, and I am ashamed and I regret that period of my life, she told the jury. She said she stopped using in August 2018.
..... Hallie Biden told jurors she would regularly clean out her boyfriends ca to "help him get or stay sober."
..... On the morning of October 23, 2018, the car was parked beside her home. she searched it and found a dusting of creak power and drug paraphernalia.
..... "Oh, and the gun, obviously," she told the jury a moment later.
..... All she could think about was getting rid of the gun, she said: she didn't want him to have it and she didn't want her kids to find it.
..... She was afraid to touch the gun, Biden testified, so she garbed a gift bag. The gun was still visible, so she double-bagged it in a leather pus first. then she drove to a local grocery store and threw the bag in an outdoor trash can.
..... "I realized it was a stupid idea now, but I was just panicking," she said.
..... She didn't remember exactly how, but Hunter Biden found out and told her to return to find the gun. She checked the trash bin, but the gun was gone. She went inside the store to see if they had removed the trash and eventually field a police report with the help of an employee.
..... "I was so flustered," she said.
..... Hunter Biden expressed his fury in texts. "did you take that from me Hallie? Are you insane ..." he said in a text the day after she threw the gun away. "It's hard for me to believe anyone is that stupid," he texted, and, "do you want me dead?"
..... She apologized, texting, "I'm sorry. I just want you to be safe. That was not safe."
..... Joe Biden isn't the only prettiness or candidate whose life has seen bruised by addiction. When asked about the trial on Fox News Wednesday, [06/05/2024] former Prettiness Donald Trump sidestepped to his own bother's problems. Fred Trump Jr. died of complication from alcoholism.
..... "I had a brother who suffered tremendously from alcoholism and alcohol," Trump said. "And it was a terrible thing to watch. he was an incredible guy with the best personality. He was the best-looking person you have ever seen. Everything was perfect. But he had an addiction."
.... Trump said, he's never taken a drink.

..... Contributing: Brittany Horn, Delaware News Journal.

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